New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-20
PERSONAL

Tho Rov, Or. Henry J. Vnn Dyke. ir.. pastor OF
tho Brick Church Of this city, has taken cottage h'
Nowport and will spend tho summer there lie VIII
return 10 New-YOrI, however 10 occupy MS puiplt
evcrv sabbath except during the month of August
Nrs rawoett, widow Of tho nustrious English
postmaster-G General has refused 10 JOIN the womens
movement led BY Mrs. Gladstone against the crimes
hin 81 am ono OF those" sho explains "who think
10, ,bose who XIII or shoot their ncighb0rS, mani
caftlc cut OF the hair OF girls and pour tar over
tSci, heads ought to he punished whether tn y live
In Ireland or IN England
Colonel Bradley and General Buclncr, rival can
ddacs for tho Goycrnorship OF Kentucky VIII stump
tho state together General Bucfner Ia sam 10 Dc
no match foe his opponent In argument or orauoIS'
In a Boston court few days ago divorce case
was tried In which the defendant bore inc name VI
Daniel Webster and the plaintiffs maiden name wa.
Catherine Leroy. Tho latter was the maden hane
20 ~ nreat Donlel Veistors second wife. Yet these
ltigants wero related I'm no way to tber hanes""es'
Tbe German Post Office Bureau reports that during
hf. recent birthday week the Emperor received 74ol
registered and 1877 ordinary letter. as parcels anu
543 cOngrat1at0fy teloBfams'
rbo curions statement has got abroad in Europe
thai tho Hon Frederick Douglass has denied his be-
lief in the existence OF God. In contradiction MI
Donelass SAYS in "The American Register :, -
never ,Hatyf or otherwise told any ono that dd not
beIlevo in Cod No such thought Is In my heart, ana
no such thought has passed my lips, and cannot r
masna n nov Nrv Any Word. Of mine To those WHO know
me- this contradiction Is unnecessary but III may y.
otherwise with thCst VINO 40 nOJ hIOW iHo'
NOT fhyacf because OF the evdOers,' j. n text that
often consoled mo In tho past and consoles me now;
when find my self msincrprcted and miSrepresentcd
by those who speak Of mo in the public press and
elsewhere"
By order OF tho German Crown Prince, Professor
yirchow IA, recently mado q pbysiognomio cxamlna-
ton of tho skulls OF members Of the Hohenzoern
family whose remains deposited In the vaults OF
tho Berlin Dome. the purpose OF discovering Ger
tain characteristic traits, such are known TO exist
in tho Hapsburg and Bourbon families. Tho result
OF these studies Is of not to DO made public
Certain connoisseurs declare that such family trait
Is not dscernabe In the HOhenZollerns although Ger
tain physiognomies repeat themselves frequently
soma representing the lato King Frederick william
~ tho~ Others the present Emperor William There
H. for instance. great resemblance between Fred
crc William ". and the Elector Johann Cicero, "a
may 70 seen by tho bronze statue on tho latter In
tbs Dome, tho work OF tho famous Peter Vischer
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Dr. Harrison, after to-nights
consultation said that the physicians were much encour-
aged at the Improvement In Major Ben Perley Poores
condition He is better than at any time snce his
illness began, although still In n critical state
PnTsBURG. May 10 tspeeiaD.-The wife Of General
sherman and Mss sherman, who have been visiting this